Why does every shooting turn into a gun control discussion?
Most of the people who initiate these discussions are not versed on existing gun laws. They have this caricature of reality in their minds where gun control is concerned, that laws that prohibit the purchase of firearms do away with firearms. They ignore that laws that prohibit the purchase of drugs don't do away with drugs. They ignore that murder is against the law, ergo a law abiding citizen, one who would obey the gun law, wouldn't go on a shooting spree anyhow. They ignore the fact that existing gun laws prohibit the sale of guns to convicted felons, but convicted felons have guns just the same. They make every event an issue of blaming a political party instead of dealing with the real reason these things happen, people are bat crazy (no pun intended).
The world is full of crazy mother ers. That's been the case for a long, long time, and your personal security ultimately falls on you, not your congressman or even the police. Surely there were people in that theater that were for stronger gun control laws, and it's unlikely anyone there was carrying a concealed weapon (other than the shooter). When we are left to the whims of the billions of other people, our lives are always in danger. There's always going to be some recluse who spends too much time on fringe websites trying to make a name, someone who's been ed with non stop his whole life who wants to get even. That's the underlying theme to most of these sprees. That much is obvious to anyone who cares to check it out, yet the online bullying continues and every day these momma's boys are stocking up for their grand coming out party, and when he happens, some internet gun control keyboard commando will rant about laws they don't even know already exist.